FrameMaker Tips | Keyboard Shortcuts, Part 3
Posted on: July 20, 2020 / FrameMaker Tips / admin
FrameMaker Tips
Keyboard Shortcuts, Part 3
This edition of Tips contains keyboard shortcuts that relate to tables. Some of these are duplicates from an earlier Tips. Please note that these shortcuts are for FrameMaker 7 and may not work with FrameMaker 10.
Category: Using FrameMaker
Relevance: All Manuals
Conventions for Shortcuts
Example |
Describes |
Esc j c |
Press and release the Esc key, then j, then c |
Alt+Control+u |
Hold down Alt and Control while pressing u |
Esc Shift+h Shift+s |
Press and release the Esc key, then hold down the Shift key while pressing and releasing the h key and (still holding down the Shift key) the s key |
Esc e x, Shift key+Delete |
Press and release the Esc key, then e, then x; or Hold down the Shift key while pressing the Delete key (The comma separates different ways to accomplish the task) |
Selecting parts of a table
To select |
Press |
A cell |
Control and click the cell |
A row |
Control and double-click column border |
A column |
Control and double-click row border |
Current row |
Esc t h r |
Current column |
Esc t h c |
Current table |
Esc t h t, Control and triple-click a cell |
Navigating through a table
To move to |
Press |
Rightmost cell in current row |
Esc t m e |
Leftmost cell in current row |
Esc t m a |
Top cell in current column |
Esc t m t |
Bottom cell in current column |
Esc t m b |
Next cell and select its text |
Tab, Esc t m n |
Previous cell and select its text |
Shift key+Tab, Esc t m p |
Cell below and select its text |
Alt+Control+Tab |
Cell above and select its text |
Alt+Control+Shift key+Tab |
Working within a table
To |
Press |
Type a tab character in a cell |
Esc Tab |
Add rows above selected row |
Esc t Shift key+r a |
Add rows below selected rows |
Esc t Shift key+r b, Control+Return |
Add columns to left |
Esc t c l (lowercase L) |
Add columns to right |
Esc t c r |
Paste by replacing selected rows or columns |
Esc t p r |
Paste rows or columns before selection |
Esc t p b |
Paste rows or columns after selection |
Esc t p a |
Resize columns so no paragraphs in selected cells wrap |
Esc t w |
Resize selected columns without changing table’s width |
Alt and drag selected cell’s handle |
Copy column width to Clipboard |
Esc e y w |
Special scripts
Script Title |
Shortcut |
Balance Columns |
Esc b c |
Paste Clipboard Data Into Table (works with an Excel script that copies the data) |
Ctrl+h |
Number Figure Items – JBSL (requires an ini file) |
Esc n i |
Number Figure Items – BTP (requires an ini file) |
Esc n b |
Reset Figure Items (works with the two Number Figure Items scripts above) |
Esc r i |